This study aims to examine and describe the ecotourism-based coastal community empowerment strategy in Alor Regency. This study uses an in-depth interview instrument. The location of this research is in Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province. This type of research uses a descriptive qualitative approach and the researcher collects the data by direct observation and in-depth interviews. Informants in this study consisted of the Head of the Tourism Office, the Head of the Social Welfare Section, the Local Tourism Lovers Community (KPPL), Northwest Pantar Sub-district, Kayang Village Government and Communities Around Tourism Objects. The results showed that the ecotourism-based coastal community empowerment strategy in Alor Regency was implemented with two empowerment strategies. Firstly, to assist coastal communities, where the implementation of empowerment can be done through counselling and training to increase awareness, motivation, knowledge, skills and solidarity from the younger generation who form ecotourism based on local community empowerment. Secondly, to do collaboration a coastal community empowerment programs, where the local government of Alor Regency, especially the Tourism Office, cooperates with village governments, academics, empowerment activists, environmentalists, communities and tourists in implementing sustainable ecotourism empowerment programs for coastal tourism areas by prioritizing community empowerment programs.

This work is a review of Sociophonetic variation of Lingua Franca in West Africa. The purpose of this review is to delve into studies done in these areas, taking into consideration the problems these researchers have identified, the purpose of their study, the kind of approach they employed to arrive at their findings and their outcomes. Again, seven works were summarized and compared as the reviewer took into consideration patterns of the subjects on the sub-region. The first section of the review presents the introduction about sociophonetics and its underlying principles. The second section focuses on reviews of scociophonetic studies in Akan as a lingua franca in Ghana. The last section presents reviews of sociophonetic studies on English in Ghana and Nigeria as well as other studies.

The problems of conventional learning research, limited textbooks, minimal Use of media, non-interactive learning and low student learning outcomes in Indonesian language skills and literary appreciation courses. The study aims to develop interactive learning tools for Indonesian language skills and literature appreciation courses for students and lecturers. The research method uses research and development through stages (Four-D), namely: Define, Design, Develop and Disseminate, using validation sheets, learning outcomes tests, response sheets and questionnaire sheets, then analyzed using analysis using validation analysis, practicality analysis, analysis practicality and effectiveness analysis. The results showed that interactive learning tools in Indonesian language skills and literary appreciation courses were declared valid (RPS, textbooks, learning media, LKM and learning outcomes), practical (learning implementation and lecturer responses), and effective (student responses and student learning outcomes). Interactive learning tools can be used by students and lecturers in learning.

Waste management is a global challenge affecting both developed and developing countries, with its effects felt more in developing countries like Nigeria. There are several methods of waste management across the states in Nigeria, particularly Delta State. However, these methods have not been able to yield a positive result in reducing the volume of solid waste found across major towns in Delta State. This is why this paper examines methods of waste management practices in selected towns in Delta State. The paper used the descriptive research design, with the aid of survey method that used the questionnaire to describe respondents’ methods of solid waste management in the state. The paper is purely a quantitative study as it made use of inferential statistical techniques such as Student T Test and ANOVA to test the hypotheses formulated in the work. Test probability value of (4.447>3.182) tabular value was obtained and revealed that Delta State does not have a uniform waste management method. Also, F-calculated value of (2.892>2.262) critical values revealed the volume of waste affects the health of the citizens. It was recommended that there should be a framework for the management of waste in the State through a collaborative effort that takes into consideration peculiar features of towns do come up with a best fit method which will be employed. It was also stated that the regular monthly environmental sanitation should be strengthened to reduce the health impact of waste on citizens in the state.

The study investigated the effects of Sexuality Education on gender among senior secondary school students in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study also examined the knowledge and attitude of students on Sexuality Education. It is a descriptive survey research with a population of 150 respondents drawn from three senatorial districts of the state; seventy-three (73) males and eighty-seven female students participated in the study. A self-constructed instrument titled the Sexuality Education questionnaire was used to obtain information from the students. In contrast, a multi-stage sampling technique was used to select students from three senior secondary schools in three state senatorial districts, using a self-constructed instrument titled Sexuality Education Questionnaire (SEQ). The reliability was ensured using the test-retest method. The study's results showed that male students recorded a higher-mean gain in the achievement of Sexuality Education, while female students recorded a higher mean increase in attitude score. The result also revealed that students with low self-efficacy recorded higher mean- gain in achievement and attitude scores towards Sexuality Education. The study concluded that teaching Sexuality Education is improved in schools to achieve the curriculum objectives. It was, therefore, suggested that more emphasis be laid on the teaching of Sexuality issues in schools. Government should also organise seminars and workshops for teachers and students on Sexuality issues. In addition, curriculum developers should extend the teaching of Sexuality Education to the primary school level, informal and non-formal settings.

This paper is an enquiry into the treatment of ‘blindness’ in modernist short story. Blindness has been one of the most powerful metaphors in literature down the age of classicism. With the passage of time, when highly cerebral schools like Existentialism, Absurdism, Modernism and cultural studies began to make their presence felt in literature, the perspective of blindness and sight began to acquire more complex meanings. It is no longer confined to the themes of the blind prophet or the blind rustic innocence. With the penetrating insights provided by Freudian psycho analysis, Lacanian theories and exploration of the immense possibilities the science of optics held out for the writers, the theme of blindness and sight, visibility and opacity began to reach dimensions which till that time remained unexplored. This study proposes to ponder the treatment of blindness in modernist short story.

The study determines the Effects of Inquiry Method on the Academic Achievement of Senior Secondary School Students in Biology in Ondo State, Nigeria. The research design used for this study was pre-test, post-test, control group quasi-experimental design. A total of four hundred and twenty students were taught using inquiry method and conventional lecture method. Three instruments were constructed and used for the research: Students Biology Achievement Test (SBAT), Teachers' Instructional Guide on Conventional Lecture Method (TIGCLM) and Teachers' Instructional Guide on Inquiry Method (TIGIM).Students Biology Achievement Test (SBAT) was subjected to validity and reliability mechanism and was found reliable for the study. Three hypotheses were formulated and addressed. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, t-test, Analysis of Covariance ANCOVA and Pearson correlation using pre-test scores as covariates. The result of the study showed that the inquiry approach contributed significantly to a better understanding of the cell concept by students than the lecture method, Students exposed to inquiry method of teaching achieved significantly better than their lecture group counterparts when they solved Biology problems based on the cell concept, and iii) the effect of gender was of no significance to students achievement when they solved problems in Biology. The study concluded that the inquiry method of teaching proved more effective than the conventional lecture method in students' achievement and therefore recommended that the use of functional students' activity-based instructional strategy such as the inquiry approach should be encourage in secondary schools.

The purpose of the study was to prepare the research sample for competition-like exercises and to determine the effect of these exercises on the physical fitness components of football players. The researcher expected that there were statistically significant differences in favor of the experimental group between the pre- and post-tests. Also, there are statistically significant variations between the two dimensional tests, which favor the experimental group. The sample test was conducted on around 22 players, who were divided into an experimental sample and a control sample. The researcher relied on an experimental approach for this study based on a specific programme in which the physical fitness and abilities required by modern football were selected by consulting with experts in the field and selecting the necessary and appropriate tests. The existence of a development in particular physical talents and fundamental skills, as well as the presence of statistically significant differences in the dimensional tests, in favor of the experimental group in these variables among the research sample participants. In football, competition-like training has had a favorable effect on the development of unique physical abilities and skills, the researcher proposed emphasising the use of similar activities for competition in the development of special physical abilities and fundamental skills. And utilize comparable activities for competitiveness in the development of mental and functional talents.

After the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the conventional way of teaching and learning had to move towards virtualization. The light board tool is a technology that allows conventional lessons on a blackboard to be adapted to a virtual context without losing the essence of the classroom. The objective of this work was to know the opinion of pharmacy students from the University of Costa Rica about the light board employment as a didactic strategy for mathematical topics study in the context of virtualization of education due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, 19 videos were made on the light board to explain various mathematical topics related to the Pharmaceutical Physicochemistry II and Biopharmacy and Pharmacokinetics courses of the Faculty of Pharmacy in 2020 and 2021. After its implementation, 80 students were surveyed to find their opinion about their experience in their teaching and learning processes. The data were tabulated, and the main results were graphed. All students accepted this strategy as a compliment in their study and considered it useful in their learning process. Also, more than 91 % indicated that it was helpful in the order, understanding, explanation, study, and learning of the topics with a mathematical nature. In conclusion, the light board was a good technique for developing mathematical topics, and students recommend utilizing this strategy in other similar career courses.

In Nigeria, road traffic crashes have become one of the leading causes of death in older children and economically active adults between the ages of 30 and 49 years. Despite this burgeoning problem, little attention has been paid to road traffic injury prevention and treatment in Nigeria and most developing countries. It has been observed that gross underestimation of road traffic accidents injuries and fatalities in Nigeria could be due to a lack of sufficient data collection by government agencies. The socio-economic cost of road traffic accidents and injuries in Nigeria are immense. The direct cost of traffic causalities can perhaps best be understood in terms of the labour lost to the nation’s economy which consequently results in low productivity. Road traffic accidents and injuries have significantly retorted Nigeria’s socio-economic aspirations and development due to the premature loss of qualified and potential contributing professionals and able – bodied men and women in the labour force.

Brazilian educational practices have been questioned in recent years about their effectiveness. This is because education has not yet managed to integrate its practices with current structural, social and technological changes. Traditionalist methodologies and practices are no longer accepted as a learning model, due to their limitations and for not revealing the role of students. The COVID-19 pandemic has put our education system to the test. Well, Brazilian education has been debating for some time a progressive, technological, innovative education; with the use of active learning methodologies. However, many schools remained closed during social isolation for lack of an alternative methodology. Breaking with the educational process of its students. This reinforces the idea that the new educational reality requires a teaching-learning process in a resignified and active way, which takes learning beyond institutional walls. Thus, this work aims to report the experience of a pilot project developed at the IFPI campus São João do Piauí. The methodology used was the MCT - Scientific and Technological Methodology (NASCIMENTO-E-SILVA, 2019), developed through four basic steps: identification of the guiding question, data collection, organization of information and structuring of the answer. The methodology allowed structuring the reports on the experiences of developing the pilot project, the methodology, planning, execution and results. The proposal was developed in 2020, and the format remained active until February 2022. An alternative to keep students in an active educational process during the social isolation of COVID-19. The research showed that the project was able to promote the adaptation of the new methodological proposals, as well as stimulate the protagonism of the students, who began to develop more autonomous and proactive studies. With this, the project is no longer a short-term proposal to be the official teaching methodology throughout the period of social isolation.

This research paper seeks to examine secular spirituality, adherence to a spiritual philosophy without pursuing any religion, in Anita Desai’s novel, Journey to Ithaca to mark the spiritual and secular effects in the life of the leading characters of the novel like Sophie, Matteo, and so on. Its chief objective is to note how Desai discards all social concerns and asserts and yearns for the universal yearning for meaning in life. To obtain this objective, the research tool used to conduct this research is the close reading of the text, Journey to Ithaca through the lens of secular spirituality theorized by Cornel w Du Tiot, Peter Van Dar Veer, and the like. The research finding is that the novel, Journey to Ithaca portrays the cultural similarities and dissimilarities as well as influences of India on the disillusioned hippies, and the children of affluence, with their reckless ways, and how they took to India and identified themselves with its spirituality and chaos. The novel, Journey to Ithaca makes abundant use of references and symbols representing spiritual and secular features which work together to depict the generous psyche of the characters.

The research aims to identify the effect of the educational units in the manner of appointments in the performance of some basic skills of volleyball and their retention for students. Directly on the recitation by the teacher and receiving by the student, hence the importance of the research in helping physical education teachers to use the appointments method that helps in improving the basic skills of volleyball among students. The second grade of the academic year 2020-2021 in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, which numbered 130 students. As for the research sample, by simple random method, it amounted to 40 with 20 students per group, where some students were excluded for various reasons, and they were Conducting homogeneity and equivalence for the two groups in the pre-test, then applying the main experiment, and then the post-test was conducted, and a set of statistical methods were used to reach the data. The results of the research were presented and discussed, then the results were presented and discussed.